불꽃처럼 나비처럼/The Sword with No Name (K-movie, 2009)

Just jotting down thoughts on the movie 불꽃처럼 나비처럼/The Sword with No Name (2009, Korean).



( Brush up on your Korean history before stepping into this--because this movie won't inform you about much of what is going on. )

In conclusion: It wasn't a terrible movie but it may have worked better as a drama. I say this because even though the 2-hour running time felt really long and draggy, the pacing issues could be resolved by shifting the focus of the story onto the politics and history. Sageuks love political machinations! And you could still have a romance story on the side instead of having it dominate the plot. Alas, it wouldn't look as nice as a drama (excluding the poorly done CG effects). All in all, this movie reminded me why I was curious about SooAe's next project in the first place--I do enjoy me some SooAe!

just dance

ABDC S5E10: Hip-Hop Nation & Last Chance Challenge - LOL, "ABD": Asian Booty Disease? i.e. the general lack of an ass. The Hip-Hop Nation challenges are usually pretty fun since it's like a grab bag of dance styles and I was impressed with Hype 5-0's energy coming out, but raised an eyebrow at their dissing as I don't think they performed that well across the season to be throwing out disses. But you know . . . both Blue Print Cru and Poreotics left us with pretty low energy last performances. D: You have to take a cue from We Are Heroes and go for manic energy, ABDC crews! It's about audience connection! (Like why After School beat SNSD at SDB--gotta bring the energy and get the audience into it.) I was ready to go with Blue Print Cru, as I think they brought some pretty consistent quality over the season, but then I saw their last performance; I think Poreotics' comic video game shtick will carry them in the end. (Ah, I love me some old school gaming music. XD They needed a Tetris remix up in here!)

Fawk YEAH, new Beat Freaks routine! ( Yeah, I know it's from February and I'm just slow. )